Frederic Forrest

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-12-23 (87 years old)

Deathday

2023-06-23

Place of Birth

Waxahachie, Texas, USA

Frederic Forrest

Biography

Frederic Fenimore Forrest Jr. (December 23, 1936 – June 23, 2023) was an American actor. A figure of the New Hollywood movement, Forrest was best known for his collaborations with director Francis Ford Coppola, playing prominent roles in The Conversation (1974), Apocalypse Now (1979), One from the Heart (1982), and Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988). He was nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Huston Dyer in the musical drama The Rose (1979). Forrest came to public attention for his performance in When the Legends Die (1972), which earned him a nomination for the Golden Globe ...

Acting

1979

Apocalypse Now

as Jay 'Chef' Hicks

1974

1989

Music Box

as Jack Burke

1995

One Night Stand

as Michael Joslyn

1996

Andersonville

as Sgt. McSpadden

1989

Valentino Returns

as Sonny Gibbs

1994

2000

Militia

as William Fain

1994

Chasers

as Duane, Mechanic

1997

The Brave

as Lou Sr.

1978

It Lives Again

as Eugene Scott

1982

Hammett

as Hammett

1989

Cat Chaser

as Nolen Tyner

1988

Gotham

as Father George

1994

Lassie

as Sam Garland

1993

Trauma

as Dr. Judd

1979

The Rose

as Huston Dyer

1997

1983

Valley Girl

as Steve Richman

1986

The Deliberate Stranger

as Det. Bob Keppel

1998

Point Blank

as Mac Bradford

1998

Black Thunder

as The Admiral

1974

The Dion Brothers

as Russell (Rut) Dion

1973

The Don Is Dead

as Tony Fargo

1998

Whatever

as Mr. Chaminski

1993

1975

Permission to Kill

as Scott Allison

1997

Crash Dive

as Admiral Pendleton

1999

Implicated

as Det. Luddy

2002

The House Next Door

as Vernon Crank

1984

Best Kept Secrets

as Blaise Dietz

1969

Futz

as Sugford

1975

Promise Him Anything

as Paul Hunter

1992

Twin Sisters

as Delvaux

1986

Where Are the Children?

as Courtney Parrish

1984

Calamity Jane

as Wild Bill Hickok

1972

When the Legends Die

as Tom Black Bull

1985

Right to Kill?

as Richard Jahnke, Sr.

2004

1993

Falling Down

as Surplus Store Owner

1997

Alone

as Carl

2000

Spreading Ground

as Michael McGivern

1993

Rain Without Thunder

as Walker Point Warden

1999

Shadow Lake

as Lt. Roy Harman

1990

The Two Jakes

as Chuck Newty

1979

1988

Little Girl Lost

as Tim Brady

1989

Margaret Bourke-White

as Erskine Caldwell

1983

1998

Boogie Boy

as Edsel Dundee

1985

Return

as Brian Stoving

1968

The Filthy Five

as Johnny Longo

2000

1992

Double Obsession

as Paul Harkness

1987

Stacking

as Buster McGuire

1993

Precious Victims

as Sheriff Frank

1984

The Stone Boy

as Andy Jansen

1984

The Parade

as Matt Kirby

1998

The First 9½ Weeks

as David Millman

1978

Ruby and Oswald

as Lee Harvey Oswald

1998

One of Our Own

as Maj. Ron Bridges

1974

Larry

as Larry Herman

1992

Citizen Cohn

as Dashiell Hammett

2000

A Piece of Eden

as Paulo Tredici

1992

The Habitation of Dragons

as Leonard Tolliver

2003

Path to War

as Earle G. Wheeler

2006

All the King's Men

as Willie's Father

1996

1988

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